WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO DECEMBER 1923
Find out what all happened April to December 1923

The great powers of World War I withdraw from Istanbul. (6. October 1923)

Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets. (18. June 1923)

Honda Point Disaster: nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed. (8. September 1923)

The German Rentenmark is introduced in Germany to counter hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic. (15. November 1923)

The first Prefects Board in Southeast Asia is formed in Victoria Institution, Malaysia. (6. April 1923)

Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup. (9. June 1923)

The royalist Leonardopoulos–Gargalidis coup d'état attempt fails in Greece, discrediting the monarchy and paving the way for the establishment of the Second Hellenic Republic. (22. October 1923)

The British Mandate for Palestine takes effect, creating Mandatory Palestine. (29. September 1923)

Firestone Tire and Rubber Company begins production of balloon-tires. (5. April 1923)

The first of 160 consecutive days of 100º Fahrenheit at Marble Bar, Australia. (31. October 1923)

The Treaty of Lausanne, settling the boundaries of modern Turkey, is signed in Switzerland by Greece, Bulgaria and other countries that fought in World War I. (24. July 1923)

Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes. (15. April 1923)

Ankara replaces Istanbul as the capital of Turkey. (13. October 1923)

Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government. (8. November 1923)

The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people. (1. September 1923)

The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. It originally reads "Hollywoodland " but the four last letters are dropped after renovation in 1949. (13. July 1923)

Turkey becomes a republic following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire. (29. October 1923)

Gustav Stresemann resumes the Weimar Republic's payment of reparations. (26. September 1923)

Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USS Shenandoah. (4. September 1923)

United Kingdom and Nepal formally signed an agreement of friendship, called the Nepal–Britain Treaty of 1923, which superseded the Sugauli Treaty signed in 1816. (21. December 1923)